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Arts degrees could be over $54,000

Arts degrees could be over $54,000

Students studying humanities and related arts disciplines will face tuition costs exceeding $54,000 in 2027, as the federal government delays reform for a university funding scheme it has already acknowledged has failed.

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Greece rejects Bayeux Tapestry

Greece rejects Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London on loan from France. Greece says its intact return exposes why the same arrangement cannot resolve the decades-long dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures.

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Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial

Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial

As 'Near at Hand' brings 11 contemporary artists to the Art Gallery of NSW, its ideas are also teaching professional learning, offering new ways to approach drawing in the classroom ahead of NSW syllabus changes in 2027

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Rewriting the Renaissance

Rewriting the Renaissance

The Rijksmuseum and Museo Nacional del Prado have joined forces to reconsider the women who shaped Renaissance art, beginning with three Habsburg rulers whose influence as collectors, commissioners, and political leaders has long been underestimated.

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Ai Weiwei's 'Mushrooms'

Ai Weiwei's 'Mushrooms'

Ai Weiwei's new Sydney installation 'Mushrooms' places 500 cast-iron combat helmets against the calm of Sydney Harbour. As the artist declares that "real art questions the existing order", the work raises a harder question about political art today.

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'Tide of Returns' after repatriation

'Tide of Returns' after repatriation

In Venice, 'Tide of Returns' follows the remarkable journey of Indigenous Australian shell dolls to consider what repatriation means after cultural objects finally come home.

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Free museums victory for democratic education

Free museums victory for democratic education

As the UK marks 25 years of universal free museum entry, the policy has proved its value beyond rising visitor numbers. It has established access to art, history, and culture as part of public education, open to anyone who walks through the door.

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Brisbane Portrait Prize challenge AI from within

Brisbane Portrait Prize challenge AI from within

After a two-year boycott over the Brisbane Portrait Prize's acceptance of generative AI, several artists have returned in 2026, using portraiture, cultural knowledge, and ancestral integrity to contest the policy from inside the exhibition.

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